朽 — kanji meaning “decay”
朽
decay, rot, remain in seclusion
- Meanings
- decay, rot, remain in seclusion
- On'yomi
- キュウ (kyuu)
- Kun'yomi
- く.ちる
- Name readings
- くつ
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1891 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 75
- Chinese reading
- xiǔ — Chinese character page
Words with 朽
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老朽 | ろうきゅう roukyuu | infirmity (due to old age); decrepitude; senility |
| 不朽 | ふきゅう fukyuu | everlasting; immortal; eternal |
| 朽ちる | くちる kuchiru | to rot; to decay |
| 腐朽 | ふきゅう fukyuu | decay; deterioration; rot |
| 朽ち木 | くちき kuchiki | decayed tree; rotted tree; decayed wood |
| 乾燥腐朽 | かんそうふきゅう kansoufukyuu | dry rot |
| 朽ち葉 | くちば kuchiba | decayed leaves |
| 朽廃 | きゅうはい kyuuhai | decay; dilapidation |
| 朽ち葉色 | くちばいろ kuchibairo | russet; tawny; yellow-brown |
| 朽壊 | きゅうかい kyuukai | rotting and crumbling |
| 不朽不滅 | ふきゅうふめつ fukyuufumetsu | everlasting; eternal; immortal |
| 老朽化 | ろうきゅうか roukyuuka | deterioration; becoming decrepit; becoming worn out |
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